The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46. Its name derives from its shape that is thought to resemble an eagle.
The images was taken at Ft. Griffin state historical site on August 5, 2013. The images is made up of 12 five minute sub-frames. Images were taken with an Orion Star Shoot DSI II color mounted on a Celestron 6" f5 Newtonian. Auto-guiding was accomplished with and 80mm f7 refractor piggybacked on the 6" Newtonian. The optical instruments were mounted on a Celestron CI-700. Calibration and pre-processing was done in Nebulosity 3. Final processing was done using Photoshop CS5.
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